The New School...

...it's an arts charter, which means that it's still a public school. Albeit a public school that desperately needs money -- they get the same allocation ($35 or $40 per kid on the days that they attend -- no money for a kid who is absent, no matter what the reason) and with that money they have to pay all the stuff that schools usually pay for, like teachers and supplies, but they also have to pay for their site. They're in temporary space now and hoping to move into a great permanent space in January.

To that end, in addition to big fundraising they're trying to do, they're asking for $2600 per family. Ouch.

But the good part about it is the focus on the arts. The California arts standard requires instruction in drama, music, visual arts and dance, over the course of the year. (Last year Boylee did several weeks of dance, followed by several weeks of music, etc.) But this school hits all four parts of the standard every single week. Yay!